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Arvind Kejriwal A Coward, Says Amarinder Singh
Dubbing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a "coward" who had run scared and apologised when cornered in a defamation case by SAD's Bikram Majithia, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said Kejriwal's desperate attempts to hide his government's "utter failure" to protect the farmers' interests will not save him from their wrath, nor will they safeguard his party from being decimated in the next Punjab Assembly election. ....
Quran Sacrilege: Punjab Court Acquits AAP Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav, who was named one of the accused in a Quran Sharif sacrilege case in Punjab's Malerkotla, was acquitted by the Sangrur district court on Tuesday. ....
Farm Law Protests: SC Says Centre’s Talks With Farmers Won’t Work, Suggests Formation Of Committee
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a joint hearing of the Centre and the farmers' unions in a bid to end the impasse amid the ongoing agitation at various Delhi borders. It also proposed to form a committee, including the representatives of both the Centre and the farmer unions to arrive at some acceptable solution. ....
ISRO Launches India’s 42nd Communication Satellite CMS-01
India on Thursday successfully placed its 42nd communication satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) in the geosynchronous transfer orbit in a textbook style. ....
Prominent Delhi Hospital Says It Is Ready For Covid Immunisation
A prominent hospital in south Delhi is ready to store the bulk of Covid vaccines required to inoculate people as per the priority set by the Centre. ....
Aurobindo Pharma & Covaxx To Develop Corona Vaccine For India, UNICEF
Aurobindo Pharma Limited and Covaxx, a US-based company, have entered into an Exclusive License Agreement to develop, commercialize and manufacture UB-612, the first Multitope Peptide-based vaccine to fight Covid-19, for India and the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) agency. ....
Release Funds Of Kisan Samaan Nidhi To 70 Lakh Farmers In West Bengal Immediately: Jitin
The Congress on Saturday slammed the Central and the West Bengal government for keeping the interests of 70 lakh farmers at bay by not including them in the 'Kisan Samaan Nidhi' scheme and demanded immediate release of funds to them. ....
NDA 'unbreakable' In Bihar, Arunachal Incident To Have No Impact: Sushil Modi
After six Janata Dal (United) MLAs recently joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh, the saffron party is now busy mollifying the JD-U leaders. Rajya Sabha MP and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi has come forward to heal the growing fissures between the BJP and the JD-U. Modi said the Arunachal incident will not have any impact on the alliance in Bihar. ....
Mehbooba Writes To L-G, Seeks Inquiry Into Srinagar Encounter
Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday demanded that Lt Governor Manoj Sinha order an "impartial investigation" into the killing of three persons in what security forces said was an encounter at Lawapora on Srinagar's outskirts.....
Covid-19 Vaccine: India Witnesses Dry Run To Test Systems
As India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, conducted a dry run on Saturday to assess their ability and readiness to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country. ....
